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February 25, 2013
The Best Concerts in L.A. This Week
Monday, February 25 The Residents EL REY THEATRE Somewhere between rock & roll's spiritual mystique and a distinctly unhinged surrealist pathology, you'll find the lair of bizarro-art-imitates-music tribe The Residents. Unprecedented, with no discernible frame of reference save for a magnificently ... More >>
Music
February 21, 2013
Music Picks: Lloyd Price, Leni Stern, Amon Tobin and The Residents
Monday, February 25 The Residents EL REY THEATRE Somewhere between rock & roll's spiritual mystique and a distinctly unhinged surrealist pathology, you'll find the lair of bizarro-art-imitates-music tribe The Residents. Unprecedented, with no discernible frame of reference save for a magnificently ... More >>
Blogs
February 19, 2013
Converting from Christian Rock to Indie Rock
Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>
Blogs
December 18, 2012
S.S. Coachella Cruise: Our Review From the High Seas
By Liz Tracy The maiden voyage of the S.S. Coachella departed Sunday from Ft. Lauderdale, bound for the Bahamas. It set out to sea rather unceremoniously. There weren't horns, not a streamer in sight, and no one smashed bottles against the body of the ship. But we'd all been aboard the Celebrity ... More >>
Blogs
December 13, 2012
Alt-J - Fonda Theatre - 12/12/12
Alt-J Fonda Theatre 12/12/12 Better Than: open apple anything The primary challenges Alt-J faced during their show at the Fonda last night were improper sound mixing (not their fault), and simply not having enough material to pull from to satisfy their audience (also not really their fault). De ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2012
Beachwood Sparks Are One of L.A.'s Most Influential Bands You Don't Know
With folk music back in the mainstream consciousness via acts like Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes, the timing for Beachwood Sparks' reunion is right. "I think we were one of the bands that paved the way for that," founding member and bassist Brent Rademaker tells us. He's excited to talk about their new a ... More >>
Blogs
May 21, 2012
Aubrey Plaza: Stare Appeal
One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Nobody does "jaded twentysomething" better than Aubrey Plaza. The 27-year-old NYU- and UCB-trained actress has mastered the art of the dry wit and judging stare. And that's no ... More >>
Music
May 17, 2012
Father John Misty Just Quit Fleet Foxes: We Get High in His Van
One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Nobody does "jaded twentysomething" better than Aubrey Plaza. The 27-year-old NYU- and UCB-trained actress has mastered the art of the dry wit and judging stare. And that's no ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2012
Father John Misty Just Quit Fleet Foxes: We Get High in His Van
Until January, Josh Tillman was the drummer from Fleet Foxes. When I meet him at Good Luck Bar in Los Feliz it's two weeks after the announcement of his departure from the band. Slumped over the bar, beer in hand, the bearded 6'4" singer-songwriter stands out; through somewhat of an awkward grin, he ... More >>
Music
April 12, 2012
Coachella: Seven Lesser-Known Acts You'd Be Silly to Miss
Until January, Josh Tillman was the drummer from Fleet Foxes. When I meet him at Good Luck Bar in Los Feliz it's two weeks after the announcement of his departure from the band. Slumped over the bar, beer in hand, the bearded 6'4" singer-songwriter stands out; through somewhat of an awkward grin, he ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2012
The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012
So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>
Blogs
March 13, 2012
Five Must-See L.A. Bands at SXSW
Initially a place where music executives could check out a bunch of emerging bands in the span of a few days, SXSW has become the spring break of the music biz. Bands from all over the globe descend on Austin hoping to convince the masses they're the next big thing. While megastars like Bruce Spring ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2012
Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List
What makes a terrible band? Is it being prepared to do the wrong thing, whatever the price? That and a pair of testicles. Only, some of the below groups possess testicles only in the symbolic sense. Because, even if you're composed of ladies, it takes balls to make music that is simultaneousl ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2012
Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #15-11
See also: Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #20-16 15. Pretty Ricky Emerging with their mid-aughts hit "Grind With Me," Pretty Ricky somehow managed to lower the bar when it came to heartthrob groups with baby-oil-smeared chests. It's excellent that they've got great abs, and they certainly ha ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 2012
Lady Danville's Van Flipped Over. It Was Inspiring
Trio Lady Danville formed in 2007 by two former UCLA a cappella boys and a musical theater major. Capturing the yearning harmonies and earnestness of college scene bands like Guster and Fleet Foxes, they've ridden that wave around the country, opening for Ben Folds, pop-punk band Jack's Mannequin an ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2011
Van Dyke Parks Re-Emerges With A Set Of Singles, Each Covered By Works Of Art
Illustration by Art SpiegelmanStory by Erik Himmelsbach Van Dyke Parks lives on the fringes of the city, up the hill in the northeasternmost nook of Pasadena. He's comfortable there; it's a geographic mirror of his own five-decade career as a culty wingman whose fingerprints are conspicuous ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2011
Fleet Foxes - The Greek Theatre - 9-14-11
Leslie KalohiRobin Pecknold of Fleet FoxesFleet Foxes with The Walkmen The Greek Theater 9/14/11 Better than... contemplating the stars by yourself. Last night was one of those rare evenings when it was worth doing battle with rush hour traffic to get to the Greek before 7:30pm. The scarrin ... More >>
Music
September 8, 2011
Music Picks: Shunda K, SebastiAn, Fleet Foxes, Miles Evans Band
Also, Ray LaMontagne, Kissing Cousins, the Kills and others
Blogs
June 6, 2011
Top Five Tips Festivals Should Take from Primavera Sound
Andrea DomanickBig Boi at 2 a.m., BFFs 4 lyfe: the party don't stop at Barcelona's Primavera SoundThe past couple of years have seen a proliferation of summer festivals in the U.S., but many have been accompanied by a proliferation of financial swindles, musical shortcomings and logistical fo ... More >>
Music
May 5, 2011
Music Picks: Elvis Costello & the Imposters, Prince, Ricky Martin, Carrie Rodriguez, The Low Anthem, Mogwai
Also, Gutbucket Chamber Orchestra, Pegi Young, Mike Stinson and others
Music
February 24, 2011
Music Picks: SWANS, Sebadoh, Arbouretum, Cass McCombs
Also Meshell Ndegeocello, Kaki King, Local Natives and others
Blogs
June 8, 2010
Over the Weekend: Mumford & Sons at the Music Box
Throw your hymnal down. Now...dance on it! The dynamic quartet that is Mumford & Sons consists not of a man named Mumford and his children, but four early-twenty-somethings called Marcus Mumford, Country (That's right, Country) Winston, Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane. In a performance that left t ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2010
Watch: Local Natives Go Blue Blood (via Zissou) for "World News" Video
Local NativesLife is apparently quite sweet for the young lads of Local Natives. The Silver Lake via Orange County quintet signed to French Kiss Records last year, and has been getting loads of winning press since releasing its LP debut, Gorilla Manor, in February. Among the comparisons tha ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2010
Review: Coathangers, Surfer Blood Dominate Echo Park's Waved Out Festival
Score one for the blogosphere. On Saturday, L.A. music blog Aquarium Drunkard invaded Echo Park to throw its first ever festival. Waved Out drew hundreds of kids out to the East Side, and they spent the day running up and down the stairs that adjoin the Echo to its larger, sub-Sunset cousin ... More >>
Music
August 13, 2009
Rock Picks: Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro, Elvis Costello, Rock & Roll Summer Circus
Also, Flaming Lips, Clipse, Silk Flowers, the Muffs and others
LA Life
April 23, 2009
LA People 2009: The Throat — Lemmy
Touring is too fun to stop for Motorhead's lead singer, who's taken his vocal cords to hell and back for nearly 35 years, but he'll always come home to his barstool at the Rainbow
Blogs
April 21, 2009
No Age's Coachella Debut: Packed Tent in the Early Afternoon, Side-Stage Filled with Musicians
Timothy NorrisThe pit at the Mojave Tent on Sunday; keep in mind it hit 100 degrees that day. Sunday was a good day for the noiseniks. Coachella-goers who arrived early enough were greeted by boxes of complementary earplugs as they piled through the gate -- vital accessories for a My Bloody Valent ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2009
Over the Weekend: RIP J.G. Ballard, Three Days of Coachella Madness, Plus Zombie Invasion at Fangoria Convention
We don't know about you but we are the very definition of exhausted. Three days of music, parties and the desert heat at the 10th annual Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio has left us completely wiped. But damn if we didn't get some great coverage while we were there. Randall Roberts put tog ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2009
Coachella Day 2: Tinariwen's Sunset Convergence is the Talk of the Festival
Timothy NorrisTinariwen: Nomads who now roam the earth delivering Tuareg music of Saharan North Africa. This is the 2009 show that's likely to build into a Coachella legend. Tinariwen's sunset set at the Gobi tent. Standing on the stage, the sextet, dressed in traditional Tuareg robes and headwear ... More >>
Music
April 16, 2009
Ten Coachella Picks: Ariel Pink, Genghis Tron, Vivian Girls, Mastodon
Plus, A Place to Bury Strangers, Mexican Institute of Sound, Gui Boratto, MSTRKFT and more
Music
March 26, 2009
SXSW: Who Would Leave Metallica for Black Cobra? Our Man in Austin
Randall Roberts Finds Himself in the Studio With the Silversun Pickups
Blogs
March 20, 2009
Silversun Pickups Record Daytrotter Session at SXSW: A Glimpse from Inside the Studio
Randall RobertsBrian Aubert, in black, seated, and band/crew await their date with Daytrotter. For bands at South by Southwest, there's a lot of waiting involved. Yes, there's hustling, and unloading and reloading the van, and dealing with sound dudes on short notice when everybody's feeling a litt ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2009
LA at SXSW Tip #4: Dawes, a Fine Purveyor of West Coast Harmonies
Dawes "Love is All I am" from THE FEAR on Vimeo. In our ongoing effort to highlight a few of Los Angeles' rising and/or under-appreciated and/or overlooked artists heading to Texas this week for the SXSW Music Festival, we bring you Dawes. MySpace-profile views: 123,340 Dawes could only spring fr ... More >>
Music
March 12, 2009
West Coast Sound: An L.A. Music Pro's Guide to South by Southwest
Ten to watch: The next Ford jingle?
Music
February 5, 2009
Maybe We're Amazed: Notes on the Fairly Odd Coachella 2009 Lineup
Our only hope — that Macca gets Ram tough
Blogs
January 30, 2009
Coachella 2009 Announced: Amy Winehouse, Paul McCartney, My Bloody Valentine ... Throbbing Gristle! Leonard Cohen!
Yeah, so all the silly speculation probably isn't done yet, as Goldenvoice always adds a few heavy-hitters after the initial announcement, but the initial line-up is up. Click through to see it in all it's glory. We'll start analyzing it soon, but for now: Throbbing Gristle! No Pavement? Let the ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2009
Department of Eagles and Cave Singers at the Troubadour: Adorers, and Harmonies, Galore
(Photos by Timothy Norris. View more photos in the Department of Eagles slideshow.) This was supposed to be the weekend that New York took over da clubs with its uniquely American sounds. The Animal Collective was gigging two sold out shows on Friday and Saturday, and Department of Eagles and th ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2009
LA LA: Weiss' Top 10 Local Albums of 2008
How last month of me....However, since I sleep on the hometown scene all-too-frequently, consider this mild penance. 10. Dengue Fever-Venus on Earth (M80) Dreamy and druggy psychedelia built on a bedrock worship of 60s Cambodian pop, and the ethereal buoyancy of Chom Nmol's voice. Adorned w ... More >>
Blogs
January 14, 2009
Coachella Rumor Mill Works Overtime, but the Confirmations Continue to Trickle In
(Michel Gondry's video for the Chemical Brothers' "Let Forever Be.") Here's a list of "confirmed" (so far) acts to appear at Coachella 2009, according to the very reliable Monklish blog. His guarantee: "I've been told that these have been making arrangements to attend the festival as contractuall ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2009
Coachella 2009 Speculation Begins: Confirmations Start Trickling, Rumors Swirl. The Smiths? Pavement? Dexy's Midnight Runners?
No, dummy, we made the Dexy's rumor up. But a few names are starting to trickle out re: Coachella 2009, which runs from April 17 to April 19. The Consequence of Sound blog has a pretty extensive rundown of confirmations it has gathered from culling MySpace pages and band tour dates, and a decent ... More >>
Blogs
January 5, 2009
Nielsen SoundScan 2008 Sales Figures Released: LP Sales Up 89 Percent -- And Neutral Milk Hotel Breaks the Top Ten
Among the many fascinating revelations in the recently released Nielsen SoundScan 2008 sales tally of recorded music product is the ranking of the year's top vinyl sellers. As anyone reading this probably knows, the music industry is in the middle of a much ballyhooed "vinyl revival." Publications ... More >>
Blogs
December 24, 2008
Top 10 Americana Albums of 2008
By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category.Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>
Blogs
December 18, 2008
Weiss' 25 Best Non Hip-Hop Songs of 2008 (A-L)
Graffiti originally spotted on Bedford Ave., Williamsburg in 2002--soon followed by copycat crimes on Silverlake Blvd. and San Francisco's Mission District. Now playing at a Hot Topic near you. For spread-the-wealth reasons, this list was restricted to songs from albums that did not make the Top ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2008
Idealist Propaganda: The Raw Power of Glen E. Friedman
Photos by Erin Broadley. Click images for entire Idealist Propaganda slideshow."Search and Destroy" funnels out onto the 10:30 p.m. Saturday Sunset Blvd. sidewalk, violently greeting late-arrivals to Glen E. Friedman's Idealist Propaganda exhibit. Iggy's cocaine cacophony carves up Tymphanic cavitie ... More >>
Music
September 18, 2008
Rock Picks: Digable Planets, Pigeon John, the Wedding Present, Prima Donna
Also, Josh Rouse, the Raconteurs, Chicha Libre and more
Blogs
July 20, 2008
Pitchfork Music Festival, Day 2: No Age, the Hold Steady, Fleet Foxes and Blunts the Size of Burritos
Pitchfork Music Festival, Day 2 By Jeff Weiss Tad Kubler of the Hold Steady (Photos by Nick Lucchesi) Sometimes, on your own, you arrive at the realization that "hey, it isn't so bad. I'm attending a music festival for free in a very beautiful city and even though I'm trying hard not to gawk at ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2008
This Weekend: The Mae Shi, Fleet Foxes, T.A.M.I. Show at Cinespia
Tonight at Sugar in Silverlake, the Mae Shi play at the Spectrum art opening (see below). The Fleet Foxes, of Seattle, bring their harmonies to the Echo on Saturday and Spaceland on Sunday. Also check out my interview with singer Robin Pecknold in this week's print edition.
Music
June 26, 2008
Northwest Passage: Seattle's Fleet Foxes Make Languid, Woodsy Rock
Can a flutist be far behind?
Blogs
May 30, 2008
Weiss' Muxtapes #5 and #6: The Best "Indie" Songs To Get An Asymmetrical Haircut To (2008 Edition)
I won't deny it. Things started spiraling rapidly downhill the moment I started compiling mixtapes of my favorite non-hip hop songs released this year. Vampire Weekend? Santogold? Hercules & The Love Affair? I kind of wanted to kick my own ass or at the very least give myself a wedgie. Of cour ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2008
Beachwood Sparks to reunite for Sub Pop anniversary party
Amidst all the hoo-ha about Jane's Addiction getting back together next week because apparently they're geniuses or something, another reunion's getting less ink: This week the Beachwood Sparks announced that they'd be reuniting this summer as part of Sub Pop Records' 20th anniversary party in Seatt ... More >>
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